The province's wait times were 6.5 weeks longer than the national average.
health care wait times
November 20, 2023
3:00AM
Patients in the province face a median wait of 20.3 weeks for medically necessary care.
October 31, 2023
11:51AM
Wait times in the province more than doubled from 10.4 weeks in 1993 to 25.8 weeks in 2022.
July 17, 2023
12:35PM
An estimated 181,333 Albertans faced a median wait of 19.2 weeks between specialist consultation and treatment.
June 6, 2023
9:43AM
At 58.2 weeks, the province’s median wait time is more than double the national average.
June 2, 2023
11:03AM
According to the court, we must have equal distribution of medical resources, even if that prevents you from obtaining private care that would save your life.
May 17, 2023
2:30AM
Countries with shorter wait times do universal health care differently than Canada.
April 6, 2023
5:26PM
Patients needing neurosurgery faced a typical wait of more than a year.
December 19, 2022
10:13AM
This year’s median wait is almost three times longer than the wait recorded in the first national survey in 1993.
